Trinity Industries (TRN) Competitors

Trinity Industries (NYSE:TRN) and Toro (NYSE:TTC) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.

Do analysts rate TRN or TTC?

Trinity Industries currently has a consensus target price of $27.50, indicating a potential upside of 3.78%. Toro has a consensus target price of $82.75, indicating a potential upside of 17.10%. Given Toro's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Toro is more favorable than Trinity Industries.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Trinity Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Toro	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Is TRN or TTC more profitable?

Toro has a net margin of 9.14% compared to Trinity Industries' net margin of 4.49%. Toro's return on equity of 27.25% beat Trinity Industries' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Trinity Industries	4.49%	11.78%	1.71%
Toro	9.14%	27.25%	11.63%

Which has more volatility & risk, TRN or TTC?

Trinity Industries has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Toro has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to TRN or TTC?

In the previous week, Toro had 48 more articles in the media than Trinity Industries. MarketBeat recorded 49 mentions for Toro and 1 mentions for Trinity Industries. Trinity Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Toro's score of 0.32 indicating that Trinity Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Trinity Industries	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Toro	9 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	16 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is TRN or TTC a better dividend stock?

Trinity Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Toro pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Trinity Industries pays out 74.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Toro pays out 39.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Trinity Industries has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years and Toro has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TRN or TTC?

Toro received 71 more outperform votes than Trinity Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.61% of users gave Toro an outperform vote while only 62.83% of users gave Trinity Industries an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Trinity Industries	Outperform Votes 399 62.83%	Underperform Votes 236 37.17%
Toro	Outperform Votes 470 68.61%	Underperform Votes 215 31.39%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in TRN or TTC?

86.6% of Trinity Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.9% of Toro shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Trinity Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Toro shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, TRN or TTC?

Toro has higher revenue and earnings than Trinity Industries. Trinity Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Toro, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Trinity Industries	$2.86B	0.76	$106M	$1.62	16.36
Toro	$4.55B	1.53	$418.90M	$3.90	18.12

Summary

Toro beats Trinity Industries on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.